The Nyrdcast Podcast

Nyrdcast Podcast 211: Late

Well, this one was recorded almost a month ago, but was delayed by family commitments and the holidays.  Matt and Jay catch up about Thanksgiving and family before getting to the topcs.  They kick off discussing what celebrity would be the most devistating to be on the Diddy Party lists.  They then hit some news topics:

• Sony Spider-Verse dead; Kraven 13% Rotten Tomatoes
• Jeremy Allen White voices Rotta the Hutt
• Most anticipated movies of 2025

Due to a hard out, they teased homework for the next episode.

This week's featured beer is Civil Life's Goal!-den Ale.

The featured song is "Devil's A Day Away" by the Jellybricks.  You can find them at:
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Nyrdcast Podcast 210: That One Tracks

After a short hiatus, Matt and Jay are back and trying to get caught up.  We hit on a few news items we missed:

• Born Again 5 years after S3 (During the blip?)
• Agatha All Along thoughts
• Star Wars: Skeleton Crew getting good reviews
• Early Penguin thoughts (Jay just started it)
• Fall 2026 for The Batman 2 b/c strike
• A Jack Ryan movie
• Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu filming wrapped
• Simon Kinberg Star War trilogy is a new “saga”
• M3gan 2/Soul M8

We then talk about the new DC Absolute Universe, compare it to the Marvel Ultimate Universe, and discuss the new Ultimate Universe.

We finish with a bunch of homework, including Interior Chinatown, Batman: Son of the Demon, The Atonement Bell, Wolverine, What’s the Furthest Place From Here? Vol 1-3, Local Man Vol 1, Kingdom Come, Ascender Vol 1-3, RASL, Cosmic Detective, Absolute Power, X-Men: From the Ashes, Twisters, The 4:30 Movie, Interstellar, The Punisher/Dirty Laundry, The Merry Gentlemen, Hidden Figures, Blood Simple, Incoming, Fundamentals of Caring, Woman of the Hour, Alien Romulus, Better Watch Out, Black Christmas, Black Cab, The Creep Tapes, Azrael, Superman, Frogcatcher, and the Wild Robot.

2 featured beers this week: 

• 4 Hands Voltron Vol 6
• 3 Floyds Speed Castle

This week's featured song is "Lost and Found" from Parkway Cinema.  They have started the Bros Before Lows foundation to raise money for men's mental health.  You can find them at:
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Nyrdcast Podcast 209: Economy Version

Matt and Jay are back and we catch with with car trouble.  We also hit a bunch of news from the last few weeks:

• Henry Cavill in Voltron for Amazon
• Venom
• Smallville Animated
• Krypto's DCU First Appearance
• Agatha All Along
• Calvin and Hobbs
• Aaron Pierre as John Stewart; rumors of middle aged Batman
• Scrubs reboot with new and old cast
• Bourn Dilemma directed by Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front), no word on Damon
• AEW on Max and other wrestling tidbits

We finish with a ton of homework, including Civil War, The Fall Guy, Eight Billion Genies, Persepolis, 3 Floyd's: Alpha King, Frogcatcher, The Cull, The Shining, Salems Lot, The Good Neighbor, Fright Night, Cutting Class, Halloween 3, Night of the Living Dead 3, Wrong Turn, Pathology, 30 Days of Night, Happy Death Day, Scream, Hideout, Wolf Creek, Daybreakers, Child’s Play, Abandon, Mr Harrigans Phone, and 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank.

This week's beer is Earthbound Beer's Earthbound Red.

The featured song is "Serious Medical Condition" by the Eradicats.  You can find them at:
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Nyrdcast Podcast 208: Duct Tape

We're back and after we catch up, we ask a question: When you think of Natalie Portman, what movie comes to mind?  After running through her filmograhpy, we look at a 10 Best A24 Movies list.  We also touch on the news of James Gunn Announcing Dynamic Duo - centered on Dick Grayson and Jason Todd.

We finish with homerwork, including Mr. McMahon, The History of the Sitcom, The Spy Who Dumped Me, Juliet, Naked, Ex Machina (comic), 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank, TMNT by Jason Aaron, Titans, No Hard Feelings, and 'Salems Lot (original).

This week's beer is Rockwell Beer Co's Sweater Weather.

This weeks featured song is "I Think I'm Paranoid" by The Black Pacific.  You can find them at: 
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Nyrdcast Podcast 207: Typecasting

After missing a couple of weeks, we return.  We start by talking about Jay's trip to Notre Dame and some general sports.  Then we hit some news from the last few weeks:

• Thunderbolts* trailer and potential characters
• Josh Brolin passes on Green Lantern; Kyle Chandler takes the Hal role
• Salem Lot to debut on Max
• Lots of Spider-Man 4 stuff
• Transformers Ones
• Venom 3 trailer and rumors
• No Wolverine in initial X-Men movies; Jackman staying on for Secret Wars
• Matthew Lillard in DCU?

We finish up with a lot of homework, including Mr. McMahon, Heels, Lucky Logan, Untold: Sign Stealer, Untold: Hope Solo vs US Soccer, A Simple Favor, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Ghost Brigades, Got Your Answers, Starman Compendium 1, Astro City Vol 1: Life In The Big City, Mr. Miracle, Ex Machina, Blue In Green, The Me You Love In the Dark, I Killed Adolf Hitler, Ghosted, X-Men: From the Ashes, Batman, The Low Low Woods, Mouseguard, The Woods, Teen Titans, Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix. Nightwing, Under Paris, After the End, The First Omen, The Bike Riders, Uncle Buck, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Gene Wilder doc, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Passengers, Civil War, and Snack Shack.

This week's beers were Triptych Being A King and Guinness Stout.

The featured song is "Throne" by Ekoh and Skydxddy.  You can find them at:

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Nyrdcast Podcast 206: You're On A List

After missing last week due to injury, we are back.  Matt and Jay catch up on the last couple of weeks and discuss their newest award.  They touch on some news:

• ESPN/DirectTV issues
• Linkin Park is back
• More on the firing of Beau DeMayo
• Casting rumors for Hal Jordan
• The return of Ultron

We then break down a list of the Top 20 Comic Book Movie/Show castings from Jensen's World and give our top 3.  We finish with homework, including The Power Of Film, Do the Right Thing, Expendables 4, The Shape of Water, Blade Runner, The Suicide Squad, Splinter, Invincible S2, Lousy Carter, Maggies Moore(s), Untold Sign Stealer/Air McNair, and Brats.

This week's beer was Toasted Not Roasted from Alpha Brewing Co.

The featured song is "6-3" by Walt Hamburger.  You can find him at:
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Nyrdcast Podcast 205: Absolute Trash

We're back after a week of issues.  We catch up and talk about concerts and the start of the school year.  We touch on some news:

• DC Absolute Logos…
• Star Wars: The Acolyte Canceled
• Todd Phillips Hulk Hogan bio pic starring Chris Hemsworth is dead

We finish up with homework, including Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, A Family Affair, The Instigators, Cobra Kai, Batman: Caped Crusader, The Afterparty S2, Shoresy S3, The __ That Built America (specifically Food and Toys), Noir: A Collection of Crime Comics, Lost Dogs, Once And Future Vol 1, Redneck Vol 1, The Many Deaths of Laila Starr, House of Slaughter Vol 4, Absolute Power, Fall of X, Grid Wars Chapter 1 (Brian Rousso), Bone Tomahawk, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, and American Assassin.

This week's beer was Aslin Brewing's Double Orange Starfish Imperial IPA.

This week's featured song is "Never Promised Tomorrow" by Modern Angst.  You can find them at:
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Nyrdcast Podcast 204: I Gotta Live Long Enough...

We're streaking...2 weeks in a row.  We get into some WWE talk right off the bat:

• Summer Slam
• Lack of roster use
• NXT
• Joe Hendry
• Some general wrestling thoughts

We follow it up with a quick talk about US Men's Basketball in the Olympics before hitting some comic book talk around tiers of characters and where Daredevil fits in.  We finish up with a look at the Arkadin Theater in STL and their Drinkolas Cage event and a recommendation for James Tynion IV's Joker series.

This week's beer was Alpha Brewing's I Have The Sipster.

The featured song is "Where's The Calvary" from Precursor; you can find them at:
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Nyrdcast Podcast 203: Pedro Fatigue

We are back with a heavy MCU episode.  We both saw Deadpool And Wolverine, so a good chunk of the episode is us gushing over it.  We then hit some San Diego Comic Con News:

• MCU - Thunderbolts, Fantastic Four, Avengers, The Russo Brothers, RDJ
• DC - Creature Commandos, Penguin, Superman & Lois, JL Unlimited, Lemire (JSA, Absolute Flash)

We finish with a discussion around Batman: Caped Crusader.

No beer on the episode, but 2nd Shift's Brewligans IPA was consumed while editing.

The featured song is "Pretend" by Big B featuring Killer Mike.  You can find Big B at: Facebook | Instagram

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Nyrdcast Podcast 202: Borderline

We're back and it's just a thrown together at the last minute episode.  Jay completed Tom King's Batman run, so we discuss the run as a whole and how it compares overall to recent runs.  Matt discusses a little bit of the Justice League arcs he's been reading before hitting on some news topics.  We finished with homework, including The Final: Attack on Wembley, The Bear S3, Eric, Peanut Butter Falcon, Schitt’s Creek, The Rookie, Descender, We Promised You A Great Main Event: An Unauthorized WWE History, Scarlet Witch, Star Man, Fade From Grace, Monkeyman, Godzilla Minus One, Glass Onion, and Lisa Frankenstein.

This week's beer was Juicy Bits from Weldworks Brewing.

The featured song is " Pascal And Sabine" by Lost in Society.  You can find them at:
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